Morning sunlight pierced through the dark clouds.
Above the vast sea floated a sky island.
Roy and Golden Lion were waiting here for Kaido's ransom.
Because the negotiations had gone relatively smoothly, King, Jack, and the others were no longer trapped in the water.
They were currently wrapped in a layer of highly concentrated sea clouds, wearing helmets as they were tossed onto the golden beach to bask in the sun.
Before a bonfire piled high with massive logs, Roy and Golden Lion were grilling meat.
The essence of a Sea King had been roasted until golden-brown, its fat sizzling.
Seasonings had been evenly rubbed over the glistening surface of the meat.
The fragrant aroma made Jack on the beach swallow involuntarily.
Hunger was an instinct of the human body. The earlier battle and the seawater prison had long since drained all the energy from King and Jack.
Just as King and Jack endured this culinary torture,
Roy drew a small knife and lightly sliced across the sizzling meat.
Ignoring the scorching heat on his hand, he stuffed a golden, grease-dripping strip of meat into his mouth.
"Mm, not bad. Looks like I haven't gotten rusty."
He cut off the best part of the roast and handed the large piece to Golden Lion.
It would have been even better if there had been some fine wine.
He took huge bites of the meat in his hand, replenishing his energy with Life Return.
He glanced at King and Jack, lying on the beach not far away.
It was not that Roy was being stingy and refusing to give them meat.
Although the verbal agreement with Kaido had already been settled, Kaido was, after all, a cunning and troublesome pirate.
Just in case.
Keeping the two major fighters of the Beasts Pirates